Scottish Interclub Relays 28th Aug 2011

Near: Milngavie. GoogleMap

Race report

Results
Course results, Routegadget and Splitsbrowser are available here.

Overall Team Results

Eleven Person Relay
No Club Name Time
1 114 FVO FVO Flyers 02:11:28
2 112 CLYDE Clyde Destroyers 02:34:05
3 113 ESOC ESOC Eagles 02:36:16
4 115 FVO FVO Flyers too 02:56:55
5 111 AYROC AYROC 03:10:31

Eight Person Relay
No Club Name Time nc
1 818 TAY TAY Tearaways 02:59:03
2 813 ESOC ESOC Kestrels 02:29:31 nc
3 814 FVO FVO Flag Chasers 02:33:18 nc
4 817 STAG STAG 02:35:21 nc
5 815 INT Interlopers 02:36:05 nc
6 811 ECKO ECKstreme 02:43:59 mp
7 810 CLYDE Clyde Cruisers 03:02:06 nc
8 816 KFO KFO Compos 03:07:49 mp
9 812 ELO ELOpers 03:11:49 nc

Results

Parking:

All facilities at Mugdock Country Park will be available for use; this includes parking, toilets and cafes. Please share cars where possible as parking maybe limited by other park users.

Assembly:

The assembly area will be located within a short walking distance of the car parking and there will be room for club tents.

Registration:

Team captains should register in O-entries by Fri 19th August.
Final team declarations should be made by Fri 26th August using the attached forms and e-mailed to the .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Please fill in final declaration form completely before submission.
SI will be used for the competition.
There will be a string course and Mugdock Country Park provides a permanent orienteering course, which can be used by visitors.

Ad hoc teams:

If you wish to run but have insufficient people for a team please register your interest by contacting the organiser by 19th of August. Ad hoc teams will be composed where possible and runners advised ASAP.

Competition Area:

Maps of the competition area will be on display at the assembly area. The map is 1:10 000 with 5m contours; surveyed by Stirling Surveys 2009. The area is comprised of open moorland, runable forest, thick forest and networks of paths, main mountain bike tracks are mapped, but others may appear at short notice.
There are some crags and cattle which should be avoided. The park is extensively used by the public especially if the weather is good. Please be considerate to other park users.

Start Time

There will be a mass start for the relays at 11am, call up at 10.45am. In the start area each team will have an allocated named team board. The maps will be fastened to the board in sealed bags. Runners will be wholly responsible for picking the correct map; maps are not to be opened until the start.

Event Format and Hand Over

The event consists of 4 or 5 separate “legs”
Technical Difficulty and Approximate times in minutes are given on the team forms attached. 8 person relay omits leg 3 runners
Detailed guidelines on SOA web site
The 1st leg runner hands over to three 2nd leg runners.
2nd leg finishers may hand over to any 3rd leg runner and so on until all 2nd, 3rd and 4th leg runners have completed their courses.
The final 4th leg runner will then hand over to the 5th and final leg runner for the 11 person relay. For the 8 person relay leg 3 is omitted.
All 2nd/3rd/4th/5th leg runners should punch one of the start punches which will be located at either side of the taped run-out. Teams will not be disqualified if they fail to punch a start control but will fail to have accurate leg times.

Finishing

All finishers should punch the finish control at the end of the taped run-in and then proceed to hand-over to their outgoing runner(s).

Download & results

Download will be located in the assembly area. Results will be displayed electronically at download, together with printed results in the assembly area.

Course closing

Courses will close at 2.30 pm, a mini mass start will be arranged if required.

Prize Giving

This will be held in the assembly area. Prizes will be as follows:
11 Person Relay Open 8 Person Relay Open Spot Team Prizes

Dogs

The park is used extensively by dog walkers, many are not on leads, please be aware of this and if you bring a dog please act responsibly, keeping them on a lead within the competition area.